The Portland daily press., 1887-10-27
KING GEORGES STATUTE.
Fortunes of the Adams and Doughty
Cases.
Especial to the Press. !

HALIFAX, Oct. 26-The case of the Port
land schooner Ella Doughty Eis again to come
before the Canadian courts, Wallace Graham
agent for the Dominion government having
given notice of the trial Of the personal suit
against Captain Doughty. This suit is AZ
the common law to recover e2OO sterling for
violation of the statute of George III. probib-
iting preparing to fish in the three-mile lin
it. Similar action was instituted against
Capt Kenney of the schooner Adams. which
still lies at Digby. and judgment in that case
went by default. Chief Justice Mcdonald
appears to be awaiting the result of the
Washington commission before filing his
judgments in the suit for confscating the
schooners Adams and Doughty. But in the
personal case against Captain Doughty. a
verdict must be filed 90 days after trial, SO
that it is possible that decision will be Civ
en- on the legal points involved before the
commissioners come to an understanding.
The Commissions Work.
OTTAWA, Oct. 26.-A confidential pamph
let showing in extenso the trade relations
between the United States and Canada un-
der the reciprocity treaty up to the present
time, and the advantage and disadvantage of
such commercial intercourse to both coun-
tries, has been printed by the government
for the use of the fisheries commission. This
information, it is stated, was prepared at the
request OF Sir Charles Upper, the Canadian
commissioner, in event of the question of
trade and commerce being introduced.
From the information obtained at Wash
ington the Dominion ministers think that
Secretary Bayard's intention is to confine
the American case to the question of trans
shipment of cargoes if possible. This, it is
contended here, is a question of commerce.
ana must be dealt with separately from the
fisheries question. At the department of
Justice 1t is learned that in representing the
Canadian case the British and Canadian
commissioners have determined on dealing
with the questions in dispute collectively
that Is, that mutual understanding as To
the Interpretation of the treaty of 1918, ana
the limit OF the jurisdiction Of the United
States on Berhring sea, shall be agreed upon
before the question of trade relations is dealt
with.
AS the Canadian authorities understand it.
Secretary Bayard, before touching the Behr-
ing sea difficulty, wishes to dispose of all
questions which have arisen out Of the abrO-
CATION of the fishery clauses of the Washing
ton treaty in the Atlantic. The data prepared
for the Canadian commissioners. so far as re-
CARDS the commercial side of the question,
which viii be employed if the question of re-
clprocal trade relations Is opened, has been
based on the arguments used in framing the
treaty of 1854.
A member Of the cabinet states that the
question of commercial union will not be
brought up or referred to by Canadian COM
1t Is the opinion of the minister
of justice that if the deliberations and work
of the commission is limited to the fishery
the sitting will not last over four
weeks: but If the question of a commercial
treaty Is opened, it is considered doubtful if
the work will be concluded before the middle
Of February.